Education 
Feraque Ahmad: A devout Muslim, a progressive DM of Kishanganj(Comments Off)
He is a simple man with a gentle smile, and donning characteristic Muslim appearance. Long white beard, a skull cap (topi) and very simple clothing is what describes much better about Feraque Ahmad, the District Magistrate of India’s Muslim dominated district Kishanganj. At the first sight hardly anyone will believe that the man can be an IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer and encompasses a high (liberal) thinking.[...]
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Sachar Committee and Recommendations
Sachar Committee has recommended that in the field of education, many more IIT and Polytechnic colleges should be established in the areas where the Muslim population is high. As most o the Muslims depend on self-employment and daily labour wages for their livelihood, Sachar Committee has recommended implementation of second labour commission recommendations which will be more useful for Muslims. [...]
Educational Revolution Among Meo Muslims of Mewat (part 1,2&3)
Lying to the immediate south of Delhi, straddling the rocky outcrops of the Aravalli range, is the region known as Mewat, named after the Meo Muslims, the principal community living in the area. Mewat covers large parts of the Gurgaon and Faridabad districts in Haryana and Alwar and Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Recently, a separate district was carved out of the Meo-dominated parts of Haryana and also given the name of ‘Mewat’.[...]
Educational Revolution Among the Muslim Meos of Mewat (part 4)
On my last day in Mewat, I fixed an appointment to meet a Meo woman whom I had heard much about—46 year-old Mohammadi Begum. When I did fieldwork in Mewat two decades ago, she was the only Meo female to have earned a Bachelor’s degree. Today, there are some three hundred others like her—which, considering that the Meo female population is estimated at around 600,000, still does not amount to much.[...]
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